kaceypitcher
In the Brooder
- Jul 28, 2020
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Hello everyone!
I have been a longtime fan of this website ever since I started raising chickens with my father my sophomore year of high school. I am now about to start my second year of college, and have a nagging worry that I hoped could be addressed. I go to college a few hours outside of my hometown. Due to COVID-19, I was sent home in February and have remained home all through the summer. I took the opportunity of being home to raise six new baby chicks (Biscuit, Alaska, Maggie, Amelia, Rose, and Dawn, and they are my first flock that I have raised entirely on my own. When they were young, they lived in my room with me next to my desk. They would listen to my online class lectures, we would have little movie nights together on a towel in my room, I would feed them crushed cheerios from my hand. Needless to say, I became very attached to my chickens, and they became attached to me.
My father and I built them a newer, bigger chicken coop outside where they live at night, and they are free-range around our backyard during the day. Whenever I'm outside, they run and see me. They follow me around and recognize my voice. I love them so, so much, and have done absolutely everything I can to keep them safe, happy, and cared for. We even have cuddle time where I just sit outside with them and they nap on my lap.
My plans have had to recently change, and I am going back to college much earlier than expected. I will be leaving in three weeks. I am terrified that my kind, wonderful girls will forget me once I have left. I am leaving them much sooner than I would want to, but unfortunately college does take precedence. Does anyone have any experience or knowledge that can help assuage my fears? Thank you so much.
I have been a longtime fan of this website ever since I started raising chickens with my father my sophomore year of high school. I am now about to start my second year of college, and have a nagging worry that I hoped could be addressed. I go to college a few hours outside of my hometown. Due to COVID-19, I was sent home in February and have remained home all through the summer. I took the opportunity of being home to raise six new baby chicks (Biscuit, Alaska, Maggie, Amelia, Rose, and Dawn, and they are my first flock that I have raised entirely on my own. When they were young, they lived in my room with me next to my desk. They would listen to my online class lectures, we would have little movie nights together on a towel in my room, I would feed them crushed cheerios from my hand. Needless to say, I became very attached to my chickens, and they became attached to me.
My father and I built them a newer, bigger chicken coop outside where they live at night, and they are free-range around our backyard during the day. Whenever I'm outside, they run and see me. They follow me around and recognize my voice. I love them so, so much, and have done absolutely everything I can to keep them safe, happy, and cared for. We even have cuddle time where I just sit outside with them and they nap on my lap.
My plans have had to recently change, and I am going back to college much earlier than expected. I will be leaving in three weeks. I am terrified that my kind, wonderful girls will forget me once I have left. I am leaving them much sooner than I would want to, but unfortunately college does take precedence. Does anyone have any experience or knowledge that can help assuage my fears? Thank you so much.
